Enjoy early winter blooms in this cool-weather garden bed
Make your late fall and early winter garden as flowery as it is on any natural spring day ! Just plantcold - season annuals and tender perennials . The pretty , cool colors here are a welcome sight after the fall show of turn foliage . These blooms will last until a intemperate frost in northerly garden . And in the South , late fall and early winter , after the heat and humidity of summer has slip away , is the perfect time to enjoy these plants . The capedaisiesand sweet alyssum will bloom until frost , but you could prolong the flower show by covering them with an old tack if temps will duck below freeze . By flux colourful leaf , fragrant flowers and brilliant salad days , you ’ll have something to savour long into the time of year .
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A ) Harmony ™ Purple stock(Matthiola incana)TypeTender recurrent ( unremarkably arise as an annual)BloomsRose - purple fragrant flowers in spring through fallLightFull sun to part shadeSize6 to 12 in . improbable and wideHardinessCold stout in USDA zones 7 to 10
B ) Akila ™ Daisy White cape daisy(Osteospermum ecklonis)TypeTender perennial ( usually grown as an annual)BloomsCreamy lily-white flush in springtime through fallLightFull Lord’s Day to part shadeSize16 to 20 in . tall and wideHardinessCold fearless in zones 9 to 11
carbon ) ‘ Redbor ’ bloom kale(Brassica oleracea)TypeTender perennial ( normally grown as an annual)BloomsYellow flowers in summer ; purple ruffled foliation all yearLightFull sun to part shadeSize12 to 24 in . tall , 15 to 18 in . wideHardinessCold hardy in zones 7 to 11
D ) Madeira ™ Crested Violet Marguerite daisy(Argyranthemum)TypeTender perennial ( usually grow as an annual)BloomsRose pinkish flower in natural spring through fallLightFull sun to part shadeSize12 to 18 in . tall , 16 to 20 in . wideHardinessCold audacious in zones 10 to 11
E ) Clear Crystal ® sweet alyssum(Lobularia maritima)TypeTender perennial ( usually grown as an annual)BloomsWhite efflorescence in spring through fallLightFull Sunday to part shadeSize6 to 10 in . tall , 12 to 14 in . wideHardinessCold hardy in zones 9 to 11
